Stories — History
Absinthe
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The Green Fairy
Never has a drink garnered more mystique.
Absinthe was the tipple of choice for Ernest Hemmingway, James Joyce, Vincent Van Gogh and Oscar Wilde. This spirit, also known as absynthe or absinth, is an alcoholic beverage with a history replete with artistic liberation, violence, defamation and rebellion.
What's a Tittle
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Not a Jot
At some point, we’ve all been warned to be sure to dot our i’s and cross our t’s. Not that everything needs a name, but have you ever wondered what to call those little dots?
Comic Sans
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The most hated font in history
Behind every typeface there’s a story; and in the case of Comic Sans, that story involves: fame, celebrity, hate campaigns, designer manifestos and redemption.
Serendipity
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Once Upon a Time there were three Persian Princes and a Missing Camel
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines serendipity as “the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for”.
But, where did the word come from?
New York Coffee Cup
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The world’s most famous coffee cup
Fuhgeddaboud any of your other New York City icons; nothing captures the essence of Gotham more succinctly and with more ubiquity than the “Anthora Coffee Cup”, more commonly referred to as the New York Coffee Cup.
So, what’s the story?